Many years ago, I was on the board of directors for NARTS with Annette, who owned a large childrenswear consignment shop in the Orlando area. When I visited her large, bustling shop, I noticed several (more…)
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That 20% of customers you lose every year: Get them back
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged customers, small business on March 8, 2012| 1 Comment »
“Darn. She looks better in it than I ever did.”
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, Used Stuff in the News on March 8, 2012|
I’ll bet that’s what some consignor is saying right now about the Duchess of Cambridge.What has 4 legs and whiskers? And whose name doesn’t start with C-O-P-Y?
Posted in Shopkeeping talk on March 7, 2012| 2 Comments »
In addition to focusing on the consignment, resale, thrift industry, I am an artist (of sorts…I do more pondering than producing!) So I follow a lot of artists’ conversations on
originality, conceptualization, and plain old copy-cat stuff.
And I see (more…)
Deja Vuesday: Learning not to smack ’em silly…no matter how much you might want to.
Posted in Deja Vuesday, Shopkeeping talk, tagged resale shopkeeping, small business on March 6, 2012|
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It’s getting to be that time of year, time to wind yourself up for the Great Spring Onslaught of incoming merchandise. Spring Cleaning Time is just around the corner.
Before you get challenged with (more…)
Turn your customers on. It’s good for your business.
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged advertising, resale shopkeeping, success, web on March 5, 2012| 3 Comments »
Whether your consignment, resale or thrift shop uses Facebook, Twitter, your own site or blog, or broadcast email to get your message across to your current audience, remember:
It’s (more…)
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